Bliss Carman, et al., eds. The World’s Best Poetry.
Volume V. Nature. 1904. | | | | V. Trees: Flowers: Plants | | The Water-Lily | | John Banister Tabb (1845–1909) |
| | | WHENCE, O fragrant form of light, | |
| Hast thou drifted through the night, | |
| Swanlike, to a leafy nest, | |
| On the restless waves, at rest? | |
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| Art thou from the snowy zone | 5 |
| Of a mountain-summit blown, | |
| Or the blossom of a dream, | |
| Fashioned in the foamy stream? | |
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| Nay,—methinks the maiden moon, | |
| When the daylight came too soon, | 10 |
| Fleeting from her bath to hide, | |
| Left her garment in the tide. | | | | |
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